When scientists engineer a better way to fight the flu, they often begin with nature’s own defenses. That’s what a new study from researchers at The Ohio State University set out to do. Their goal was ...

The herpes virus is an infection that often causes painful blisters on the mouth and or genitals. Interestingly, the viral ...

Highly pathogenic avian influenza viruses like H5N1, H5N6, and H7N9 pose an evolving global threat due to their capacity to ...

Flu shots save lives across the United States every year. These vaccines are good at protecting the population from severe ...

The idea is biologically plausible and historically grounded — and it reframes how we think about the origin of pandemics.

Moderna will not be developing a vaccine to protect against bird flu — at least on the federal government’s dime. The U.S.

MRNA technology is already used in Moderna’s and Pfizer/BioNTech’s currently licensed COVID-19 vaccines, which have been ...

University of Pennsylvania researchers have discovered a right-handed, antiparallel double-helix inside influenza ...

Moderna's avian flu vaccine contract canceled by HHS amid ongoing debates about mRNA technology safety and effectiveness.

New research by scientists at the University of Toronto and the Structural Genomics Consortium has deepened our understanding of how viruses like the flu, common cold, and COVID-19 get into cells ...

While the risk of contracting and dying from the H5N1 avian flu remains low for ... as one that "binds to a virus and interferes with its ability to infect a cell." In the study, monkeys were ...

which prevents them from being able to copy themselves in the body and infect cells. The inactivated viruses are then purified and mixed into a shot or nasal spray. The US used to use flu vaccines ...